Led by then head coach Ron Pike, the Spartans won their first ever National Championship in 2006, defeating the University of Alberta Golden Bears in the final by a score of 3–0.
From 1999 to 2007, Ron Pike led the Spartans men's volleyball team into a new era of competition, as Trinity Western University joined the Canada West conference in 1999.
The following season, Pike led the Spartans to their first national championship final, eventually losing to the Alberta Golden Bears.
The following season, 2005–06, the Spartans won the men's volleyball program's first ever National Championship, beating Alberta in straight sets.
Josephson has also led the Spartans to six Canada West championships, winning in 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022, which includes TWU's current run of 10 straight appearances in the conference final.
During Josephson's tenure, the program produced six U Sports Player of the Year award winners, including Ben Ball (2011–12), Nick Del Bianco (2014–15), Ryan Sclater (2016–17), Adam Schriemer (2016–17), Eric Loeppky (2019–20) and Derek Epp (2021–22).
The Spartans have competed several times against international competition, including representing Canada five times - at the FIVB Club World Championships in 2011, the 2012 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup, the 2018 FISU America Games, the 2019 CAN-AM Holiday Showcase, and the 2021 Pan American Cup.
The Spartans travelled to Doha, Qatar in 2011 after being invited to take part in the FIVB Men's Club World Championships.
The Spartans finished that tournament with a 1–2 record, with a win over Iranian champion Paykan Tehran and losses to Russia's Zenit Kazan and Poland's KS Jastrzebski Wegiel.
[14] In 2012, the Spartans were awarded the chance to represent Canada for the U23 Pan American Men's Volleyball Cup.
The Spartans represented Canada again in 2018 at the inaugural FISU America Games in São Paulo, Brazil.
TWU went a perfect 3–0 during the course of the tournament, beating Long Beach State, UCLA, and Lewis.
The Spartans represented Canada at the 2021 Pan American Cup in the Dominican Republic, winning a silver medal.
The Spartans finished with a 5-2 overall record, earning wins over Mexico, Dominican Republic (2), Puerto Rico and Suriname.
TWU beat the Dominican Republic 3-0 in the semifinals before falling to Mexico in three sets in the gold medal match.
From 1999 to 2009 the Spartans competed at the David E. Enarson Gymnasium on the Trinity Westerns University campus.
Because of the Spartans success and passionate fan base, the LEC has become one of the hardest gyms in the conference for opposing teams to play in.
[update] Since beginning Canada West competition in the 1999–00 season, the program has medalled 15 times, including every year from 2010 to 2020, as well as reaching the conference championship match from 2012 to 2020.
[13] Four Spartans helped team Canada qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (postponed to 2021), with Steven Marshall, Ryan Sclater, Lucas Van Berkel, and Daniel Jansen Van Doorn contributing to the team's qualification in January 2020 in Vancouver, BC.
[20] Ryan Sclater, Doug Van Spronsen, Rudy Verhoeff, Lucas Van Berkel, Chris Meehan, Blake Scheerhoorn, Adam Schriemer, Eric Loeppky, Brodie Hofer Mathias Elser, Jesse Elser, Pearce Eshenko, Jackson Howe Chris Meehan, Justin Pankratz, Jeff Lindemulder, Mark Huberts, Chris Roy, Steve Rogalsky, Doug Van Spronsen, Lucas Van Berkel, Brad Kufske, Brandon Schmidt, Derek Thiessen, Tyler Koslowsky, Adam Schriemer, Blake Scheerhoorn, Jacob Kern, Pearce Eshenko, Jesse Elser, Eric Loeppky, Brodie Hofer, Mathias Elser Several athletes from the men's volleyball program have gone on to play professionally in leagues around Europe and the rest of the world.
Trinity Western Spartan men's volleyball matches in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association conference can be seen live on www.Canadawest.tv.